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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 06:34 AM
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I had some free time Sat. morning to drive down and check out Sean's (SPRSPT) new CTS-V. The car looks great in silver and the interior is first rate. We went for a little test drive and it was very impressive. Even with three people in the car, the acceleration was phenomenal and the handling precise. This is definitely a first rate no-compromise high performance luxury sedan!

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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 09:13 AM
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i knew i should have got one Oh well the gto is fun, I really like the cts v, luxury and speed
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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yea i got to agree Ken Seans new ride is SWEET i didnt know those cars were six speeds thats so awesome
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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Good to see Ya like it Sean.. now hang on to this one for a little while
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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It was good to see ya Ken...Thxs for the kind words the car is awesome...I will say seeing your car still hurts...lol Overall ya just can't beat 4 door / 400 H.P. and awesome looks....

JAS....I see at least 30 months in on this one it is a 36 month smart buy
w/ the out six month early option(if you buy another GM)....I am done buying these damn things...(Smart buys or leases for me)
I will lease something every three years and be done with it....Now what I lease depends on how this baby thing goes....lol
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Baby thing.... I hear ya there. With teh know getting tied in less then 2 months... hell, nearly one month I'm gonna have to look at the same... the wife's malibu is gonna get traded in in the spring for something that gets a good 35+ on the highway for me to go back and forth to work in, as I have a 26 mile 1 way commute now, and as soon as that is paid off I'll be trading in the truck and hopefulyl be gettign a 4 door cab dakota, hopefulyl with a hemi... so I can still tow the car around, either that or a durango, or an envoy/trailblazer, something that can tow at least 6000 lbs, and have a back seat for a rugrat.


On another note.. ya ever get to do that pic?
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JL: i dunno if you knew this or not, but in '06 they are going to have a Trailblazer SS with an LS2! if i wasnt still making payments on my Firehawk, i'd be buying one of those
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ls2 in a trailblazer.. is this a heavy duty thing, or a performance thing? I'm gonna want towing capacity.... got the car for teh performance end. Gas mileage really isn't a huge factor either, as the wife will be driving it to work and back, and seeing as that's a 3 mile ride for her one way.. the gas mileage won't be a huge killer.
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JL: it appears to be more of a performance thing, but chevy says the SS has a 6700lb towing capacity. it says up to 6300lbs on the 5 seater V6, and up to 7000lbs on the 7 seater vortec 5300 V8. the SS comes on the 5 seater chassis.

i would think that the LS2 would be able to pull more with more torque (330tq for the vortec 5300, 395tq for LS2). chevy does say that the truck will have a 4.10 rear end, but it also has a modified suspension, which i'd think is negativley impact towing capacity.

i dont think that 300lbs is really a big difference unless you plan on really maxxing it out. for me, i was really looking at it cuz you could get a V8 with the smaller chassis... i have little need for a 7 seater SUV, but your needs might be different depending on how many 'rugrats' you need to put in the back of it
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